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TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
11TH EDITION BY POTTER PERRY CHAPTER 1-50
COMPLETE GUIDE 2024

,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which nursing attendant most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on
health?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald

ACCURATE
ANSWER:-A
Reasoning :->>> Nightingale was the first practicing nursing attendant epidemiologist. Her
statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara
Barton, and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession
in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into
universities. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the
Henry Street Settlement.

DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance

2. The nursing attendant prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome. Which
standard of nursing practice is the nursing attendant following?
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-C
REASONING:->>In planning, the nursing attendant develops a plan that prescribes strategies
and alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the nursing attendant
collects comprehensive data pertinent to the hospital client ’s health and/or the situation. In
diagnosis, the nursing attendant analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or
issues. During implementation, the nursing attendant implements (carries out) the identified
plan.

DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOPIC:-
Planning MSC: Management of Care

3. An experienced medical-surgical nursing attendant chooses to work in obstetrics.
Which level of proficiency is the nursing attendant upon initial transition to the
obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-A

, REASONING:->>A beginning nursing student or any nursing attendant entering a situation
in which there is no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nursing
attendant chooses to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice nursing attendant
. A proficient nursing attendant perceives a hospital client ’s clinical situation as a whole, is
able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer knowledge gained from multiple
previous experiences to a situation. A competent nursing attendant understands the
organization and specific care required by the type of hospital client s (e.g., surgical,
oncology, or orthopedic hospital client s). This nursing attendant is a competent practitioner
who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A nursing attendant who
has had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced beginner. This experience
may only be observational in nature, but the nursing attendant is able to identify meaningful
aspects or principles of nursing care.

DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOPIC:-
Evaluation MSC: Management of Care

4. A nursing attendant assesses a hospital client ’s fluid status and decides that the hospital client
needs to drink more fluids. The nursing attendant then encourages the hospital client to drink
more fluids. Which concept is the nursing attendant demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the United
States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN. Beyond the NCLEX-RN, the nursing
attendant REASONING:->>may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of
nursing practice. Accountability means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for
the type and quality of nursing care provided.

DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s. TOPIC:-
Implementation MSC: Management of Care

5. A nursing attendant prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role
is the nursing attendant implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Nursing attendant
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B

, REASONING:->>A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in
delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific
nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe
the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities,
reinforce learning or hospital client behavior, and evaluate the hospital client ’s progress in
learning. As a hospital client advocate, you protect your hospital client ’s human and legal
rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises. As a nursing attendant
, you help hospital client s maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and
attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.

DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s. TOPIC:-
Implementation MSC: Management of Care

6. The nursing attendant has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice nursing attendant. However, the nursing attendant has a strong desire to
pursue research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program should the
nursing attendant attend?
a. Doctor of Nursing Science degree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN)
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B
REASONING:->>Some doctoral programs prepare nursing attendant s for more rigorous
research and theory development and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare
graduates to apply research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that
prepares advanced practice nursing attendant s such as nursing attendant practitioners.

DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing attendant
(RN) education. TOPIC:-Teaching/Learning MSC: Management of Care

7. A nursing attendant attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the
American Nursing attendant s Association. Which type of education did the nursing
attendant receive?
a. Graduate education
b. Inservice education
c. Continuing education
d. Nursing attendant education
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C
REASONING:->>Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs
offered by universities, hospitals, state nursing attendant s associations, professional nursing
organizations, and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a baccalaureate
degree in nursing, you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s or doctoral degree
in any number of graduate fields, including nursing. In service education programs are
instruction or training provided by a health care facility or institution. Nursing attendant
education is the education preparation for an individual intending to be an RN.

DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing attendant (RN)

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